Wednesday, March 30, 2011

K/MEN and KFXM March 30, 1973

Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1 on KMEN and KFXM
New in the top ten on KMEN
The Nights The Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence #5
The Twelfth Of Never-Donny Osmond #10
Highest debut
Hallelujah Day-Jackson 5 #27
new
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life-Stevie Wonder
Wildflower-Skylark


New in the top ten on KFXM
Break Up To Make Up-Stylistics #9
Dead Skunk-Loudon Wainwright III #10
Highest debut
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree-Dawn #27
New
I'm Doing Fine Now-New York City
Frankenstein-Edgar Winter Group 
Concert at the Swing auditorium Deep Purple Fleetwood Mac Rory Gallagher

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

K/MEN 20th Anniversary 29 Years Ago

In 1982 there was a 20th Anniversary K/MEN Concert (a little later than March, but still in 1982).  It did get good newspaper coverage.  Besides the concert, a whole truckload of former and current KMEN.

Be sure to click on each picture in order to enlarge and read the articles.

The concert with The Drifters, The Coasters, Dick Dale, Donnie Brooks, The Rivingtons, Marvin and Johnny, and Al Wilson,

KFXM and K/MEN March 30, 1962

Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares #1
New in the top ten
She Cried-Jay and The Americans #6
Love Letters-Ketty Lester #9
Highest debut
P.T. 109-Jimmy Dean #23
Check out the
TRIPLE INSTRUMENTAL PICK HIT
including Moon Goon Stomp-Moongooners
also new
I Cried-Dodie Stevens
Just Keep It Up-Bob Conrad
The Prince-Jackie DeShannon

Big concert at the Swing Auditorium including Dodie Stevens, Paul Peterson, Dick and DeeDee and more!

The First K/MENTERTAINER from 1962 All songs premiering 3/10/1962 on K/MEN
Want to see more?  I have all the 1962 K/MEN  (that I have) after this one, posted starting April 2008 through December 2008 



Sunday, March 27, 2011

KFXM March 24, 1980

Working My Way Back to You-Spinners #1
New in the top ten
Ride Like The Wind-Christopher Cross #9
Fire Lake-Bob Seger #10
Highest debut
With You I'm Born Again-Billy Preston and Syreeta #23
Zappa In Concert Swing Auditorium
DJ Lineup
Dr. Don Murray
Charlie Webb
Craig Powers
and weekends
Jason McQueen
Randy Rabbitt
Don't know if Ron Sanchez is still around.  He was on Midnight - 6 am beginning of February

Saturday, March 26, 2011

K/MEN and KFXM March 25, 1966

Soul and Inspiration-Righteous Bros #1
New in the top ten
Baby, Scratch My Back-Slim Harpo #9
Kicks-Paul Revere and the Raiders #10
New
Sloop John B-Beach Boys
Eight Miles High-Byrds
Frankie and Johnny-Elvis Presley
Message To Michael-Dionne Warwick
Rhapsody In the Rain-Lou Christie
Picture of Mark Denis
John Ravencroft interviewing Chris Montez
 at The National Orange Show


KFXM Tiger Mag Nancy Sinatra
Bang Bang-Cher #1
New in the top ten
Soul and Inspiration-Righteous Brothers #2
Inside - Looking Out-Animals #9
Highest debut
Sign Of The Times-Petula Clark #29
New
KFXM-Squad Personal Picks
My Little Red Book-Love
A Groovy Kind Of Love-Mindbenders
Loves Made Afool Of You-Bobby Fuller 4
Try Too Hard-Dave Clark 5
The Knickerbockers

Thursday, March 24, 2011

K/MEN and KFXM March 23, 1973

On both stations Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1 (Will this song never die?)
New in the K/MEN top ten
Sing-Carpenters #8
Highest debuts
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence #14
Tie A Yellow Ribbon-Dawn #28
New
Cherry Cherry-Neil Diamond (live version)
Daisy A Day-Judd Strunk

New on the KFXM top ten
Neither One Of Us-Gladys Knight #6
Space Oddity-David Bowie #9
Highest debut
Walk On The Wild Side-Lou Reed #26
New
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life-Stevie Wonder
Reeling in The Years-Steely Dan 

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

KFXM March 23, 1962

Notice that in two places on the survey it states #1 KFXM.  At this point KMEN has only existed for a couple weeks.
Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares #1
New in the top ten
Smoky Places-Corsairs #4
Tuff-Ace Cannon #6
Uptown-The Crystals #9
Highest debut
Anything That's Part Of You-Elvis Presley #33 (Good Luck Charm not listed!)
New
Old Rivers-Walter Brennan
Operator-Gladys Knight
Soldier Boy-Shirelles
All You Had To Do-Chris Montez
Shout-Joey Dee




Tuesday, March 22, 2011

KFXM March 17, 1980

Second Time Around-Shalamar #1
new in the top ten
Off The Wall-Michael Jackson #6
Three Times In Love-Tommy James #8
Special Lady-Ray, Goodman & Brown #10
Highest debut
Think About Me-Fleetwood Mac #22
New
Pilot Of The Airwaves-Charlie Dore
Gee Whiz-Bernadette Peters

Monday, March 21, 2011

KFXM March 18, 1966

Sonny & Cher
Bang Bang-Cher #1
New in the top ten
Darling Baby-Elgins #9
Highest debut
Little Latin Lupe Lu-Mitch Ryder #32
Bits & Pieces: The next Elvis movie will be entiltle "A Girl In Every Port".  The Beatles will be going to Japan this summer.  Hullaballou will not be back on television next season. Lou Christie broke his nose.
Someone has their own jungle of KFXM Mascots.  Dolline Sanchez where are you now?

Jim Conniff with Bill Medley

Sunday, March 20, 2011

K/MEN March 18, 1966

Bang Bang/Our Day Will Come-Cher #1
New in the top ten
Follow Me-Lyme & Cybelle #7
Secret Agent Man-Johnny Rivers #10
New
Good Lovin'-Young Rascals
Shapes Of Things-Yardbirds
634-5709-Wilson Pickett 



K/MEN on the air at The National Orange Show

Saturday, March 19, 2011

KFXM March 16, 1973

Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1
New in the top ten
Danny's Song-Anne Murray #8
Sing-Carpenters #9
Aubrey-Bread #10
Highest debut
The Nights The Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence #28
Yes there are some rock & roll songs on the survey
includint the Moody Blues, David Bowie and The Sweet, but not much else.
new
The Twelfth Of Never-Donny Osmond
Walk On The Wild Side-Lou Reed

Seymour pictures

Thursday, March 17, 2011

K/MEN March 16, 1973

Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1
New in the top ten
Cisco Kid-War #4
Neither One Of Us-Gladys Knight & The Pips #10
Highest debut
Peaceful-Helen Reddy #25
New
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence
Drift Away-Dobie Gray

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

KFXM March 16, 1962

Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares #1
New in the top ten
She's Got You-Patsy Cline #8
I'm Blue-Ikettes #9
Highest debut
Cinderella-Jack Ross #31
New
Love On Your Lips-Tony Orlando
What'd I Say-Bobby Darin
You Talk About Love-Barbara George
So This Is Love-Castells
Big Bo's Twist-Big Bo

KFXM will be at the Orange Show!




Sunday, March 13, 2011

KFXM March 11, 1980

No copy of any survey this week, but based on next week's, these are the numbers. 
Second Time Around-Shalamar #1
New in the top ten
Too Hot-Kool & The Gang #9
How Do I Make You-Linda Ronstadt #10
Highest debut
Sexy Eyes- Dr Hook #26
On next week's survey the above "OFF" had fallen off, four this week, the rest next week.  I see I had  made a mistake on this OFF list #14 Three Times In Love and #21 Special Lady still on the survey.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

K/MEN March 11, 1966

Bang Bang/Our Day Will Come-Cher #1
New in the top ten
Monday Monday-Mamas and the Papas #7
Soul and Inspiration-Righteous Brothers #8
Lovely Kravezit-Everly Brothers #9 Everly Brothers top 10 in 1966!!
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry-B.J. Thomas #10
Anyone ever hear Duckman-Buddies listed on 2/20?
Notice Secret Agent Man by the Ventures was added before Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers
New
Spanish Flea-Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass
You Were On My Mind-Crispian St. Peters
The thoughts of John Ravencroft
Johnny Darin hospitalized

Friday, March 11, 2011

KFXM March 11, 1966

The Batman Issue
Bang Bang-Cher #1
New in the top ten
Ballad Of The Green Berets-SGT Barry Sadler #3
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry-B.J. Thomas #6
Daydream-Lovin' Spoonful #9
Walkin' My Cat Named Dog-Norma Tanega #10
Highest debut
Shapes Of Things/I'm Not Talking-Yardbirds #30
This is last small survey I have for KFXM while they were publishing two. May have been more, but after this week all I have are the Tiger Mags Mags  
new
Time Won't Let Me-Outsiders
Memories Are Made Of This-Drifters
Rhaposody In The Rain-Lou Christie
Secrte Agent Man-Johnny Rivers

Thursday, March 10, 2011

K/MEN and KFXM March 9, 1973

Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1 on both stations
new in the KMEN top ten
Aint No Woman-Four Tops #8
Call Me (Come Back Home)-Al Green #9
Danny's Song-Anne Murray #10
Highest debut
Break Up to Make Up-Stylistics #25
New
Little Willie-Sweet
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree-Tony Orlando & Dawn


KFXM
New in the top ten
Aint No Woman-Four Tops #5
Call Me-Al Green #8
Big City Miss Ruth Ann-Gallery #9
Hummingbird-Seals & Crofts #10
Highest debut
Dead Skunk-Loudon Wainwright III #27
Anyone see The Beach Boys concert at UCR March 16, 1973?
New
Cisco Kid-War
Twelfth Of Never-Donny Osmond

Seymour at The California Theater March 17

Debut K/MEN 129 March 10, 1962

Can you believe it? It has been 49 years ago today.  K/MEN signed on the air with Huckleberry playing Chip Chip by Gene McDaniels #10 on this Top TEN.  Huckleberry and Bill Watson talked about the song at the 35th Anniversary. Thanks to a regular reader of this blog for the copy, but someone may have been fooling him with this.  The next week's top ten on KFXM is a perfect match for this top ten. Most likely K/MEN probably borrowed the top ten to get started.  The first official survey (about three weeks later) will be dated March 30, 1962 with only one of these songs still in the top ten.  
Before K/MEN it was  KITO.  Hours before leading up to the debut of K/MEN you got to hear Fannie Mae-Buster Brown playing over and over again. I've heard some say it was Hit The Road Jack, but I've talked to people who actually heard Fannie Mae.
The first lineup of the K/MEN were Chuck "Huckleberry" Clemans-Donn Tyler
Andy (George) West-Bill Watson-Brian Lord-Dean Webber-George Babcock-Jim Markham
Gary Price

Here is the KFXM survey.  Next week you'll get the whole thing.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

KFXM March 9, 1962

Let Me In-Sensations #1
New in the top ten
Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares #4
Twistin' The Night Away-Sam Cooke #9
Highest debut
Uptown-Crystals #29
new
Anything That's Part Of You/Good Luck Charm-Elvis Presley
Teach Me How To Shimmy-Coasters
Mashed Potato Time-Dee Sharp
Shake Shake Sherry-Edsels

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

KFXM March 4, 1980

Crazy Little Thing Called Love-Queen #1
New in the top ten
Him-Rupert Holmes #8
Working My Way Back To You-Spinners #9
Fool In The Rain-Led Zeppelin #10
Highest debut
I Can't Tell You Why-Eagles #24
so what exactly does this blurb at the bottom mean?
*This is a compilation of survey information accumulated by KFXM.  It is not intended to reflect actual airplay. 
How did they calculate the top 30?  The playlists top 30 were the same as these surveys.
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